Nationality: French Jeanne-Marie Lanvin was a French haute couture fashion designer. She founded the Lanvin fashion house and the beauty and perfume company Lanvin Parfums. Awards: Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur, to Jeanne Lanvin, 1926. Officier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur, to Jeanne Lanvin, 1938.